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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring..
“What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.
Use bloodroot when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bloodroot means A North American plant, Sanguinaria canadensis, of the poppy family, which has a red root and sap and a single white flower in early spring..
Common synonyms include bloodwort, red puccoon root, pauson, tetterwort.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.
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